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Friday, 15/05/2026
19:45	United Rugby Championship	Ulster	Glasgow Warriors	Premier Sports 2 Premier Sports 1
19:45	United Rugby Championship	Cardiff Blues	The Stormers	Premier Sports Rugby
19:45	United Rugby Championship	Edinburgh	Connacht	Premier Sports 2 Premier Sports 1

Saturday, 16/05/2026
12:45	United Rugby Championship	The Sharks	Zebre	Premier Sports 2 Premier Sports Rugby
15:00	United Rugby Championship	Bulls	Benetton	Premier Sports 2
17:15	United Rugby Championship	Leinster Rugby	Ospreys	Premier Sports 1
17:15	United Rugby Championship	Scarlets	Dragons RFC	Premier Sports 2
19:45	United Rugby Championship	Munster	Lions Rugby	Premier Sports 1

STATISTICAL DATA OF UNITED RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP ON TELEVISION IN UNITED KINGDOM

As of today 13/05/2026, and since this website started collecting statistical data on when and where Rugby Union matches from the United Rugby Championship competition in United Kingdom are televised, which began on 24/09/2021, we can provide the following data:

697

TV BROADCASTS

50 Free games

7.17%

647 Paid games

92.83%

Most Repeated Match

The Stormers - Bulls

LAST FREE GAME

Ulster - The Sharks

26/04/2025 United Rugby Championship por Premier Sports 1, Premier Sports 2, Premier Sports Player, BBC Two

LAST PAY-PER-VIEW MATCH

Dragons RFC - Edinburgh

09/05/2026 United Rugby Championship por Premier Sports 2

RANKING BY CHANNELS

Premier Sports 1

277 (39.74%)

Viaplay Sports

224 (32.14%)

Premier Sports 2

209 (29.99%)

Premier Sports Rugby

48 (6.89%)

Premier Sports Player

39 (5.6%)

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TOTAL

TV CHANNELS

DAYS

381

WITHOUT FREE GAME

AVERAGE

1.3

CHANNELS PER MATCH

8 Pay channels

61.54%

5 Free-to-air channels

38.46%

TOTAL

CANALES

TOTAL

Total equipos

Ranking of Teams by Number of Matches

Bulls

92 (13.2%)

The Stormers

92 (13.2%)

Leinster Rugby

91 (13.06%)

Munster

90 (12.91%)

Ulster

89 (12.77%)

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Ranking of Teams by Number of Matches on Free-to-Air TV

Ulster

15 (2.15%)

Connacht

9 (1.29%)

Scarlets

8 (1.15%)

The Sharks

8 (1.15%)

The Stormers

8 (1.15%)

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Ranking of Teams by Number of Home Matches

Leinster Rugby

49 (7.03%)

The Stormers

48 (6.89%)

Connacht

45 (6.46%)

The Sharks

45 (6.46%)

Bulls

45 (6.46%)

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Ranking of Teams by Number of Away Matches

Munster

48 (6.89%)

Bulls

47 (6.74%)

Scarlets

46 (6.6%)

Ulster

45 (6.46%)

The Stormers

44 (6.31%)

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NUMBER OF GAMES BY DAY OF THE WEEK

MONDAY

TUESDAY

0.43%

WEDNESDAY

0.29%

THURSDAY

0.43%

FRIDAY

182

26.11%

SATURDAY

463

66.43%

SUNDAY

5.31%

NUMBER OF GAMES BY MONTH

JANUARY

10.76%

FEBRUARY

8.03%

MARCH

103

14.78%

APRIL

12.77%

MAY

9.33%

JUNE

2.44%

JULY

- %

AUGUST

- %

SEPTEMBER

4.3%

OCTOBER

130

18.65%

NOVEMBER

9.04%

DECEMBER

9.9%

NUMBER OF MATCHES PER YEAR

2026

10.9%

2025

142

20.37%

2024

117

16.79%

2023

135

19.37%

2022

177

25.39%

2021

7.17%

RANKING BY TIMES